Child&#39;s eye patch



Feb. 19;"1952 A. F. LANDRY CHILD'S EYE PATCH Filed Nov. 13, 1946INVENTOR. fl/zbe Zena ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 1 9, 1952 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE CHILDS EYE PATCH Alice F. Landry, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Application November 13, 1946, Serial No. 709,457

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a cap having an eye patch associatedtherewith, which is particularly designed for use by children.

There are many children who must keep one eye covered for a period oftime as the result of an injury or because it is necessary to cover oneeye while the other is being treated for the strengthening thereof.Patches of any type are annoying and uncomfortable for children, andmany are too young to understand why such a patch must be worn, andremain where it is. The children, therefore, will tend to remove thepatches, thus eliminating the beneficial results obtained through theuse thereof.

An object of the invention therefore is to provide a cap that willsnugly fit the wearer's head, and having a patch incorporated therewith,will retain the patch in position once the cap has been fastenedsecurely on the wearers head.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cap that is light inweight and will not cause undue discomfort in hot weather.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists of the novel details of construction, arrangement andcombination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure l is a front view of an embodiment of the invention as applied toa childs head;

Figure 2 is a rear View thereof;

Figure 3 is a view of right side;

Figure 4 is a view of the left side;

Figure 5 is a detailed view of the front of a buckle and Figure 6 is adetailed view of the rear of a buckle.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral I0designates generally the cap which comprises the back or rear section[2, having the substantially spherical shaped portion l4 and theinwardly curved edged tail portion [6, and this section enables the capto conform more readily to a childs head 18 as shown, and the lower edge20 of this section terminates at the nape or base of the childs head.

Secured to the rear section l2 along the seam 22 by stitching or thelike is the center section 24 which outlines the childs face, andcovering the childs ears, terminates in a line with the lower end of thesection l2.

The patch 26 is secured to the front of the center section along theseam 28 and. this seam and seam 22 are fiat felled in order that the capcan be reversed to cover either eye.

One end of a tape 30 is secured to a lower corner of the center section24, and passing under the childs chin, holds the cap in place, where arubber buckle 32 is provided on the opposite end corner for fasteningthe opposite end of the tape.

The patch is provided with concave shaped edges 34, and at the point 36a tape 38 extends outwardly thereof to be received in the rubber buckle40 which is fastened on the lower corner of this center section to whichthe end of the tape 36 is secured. stiffening is applied to the patch sothat it will curve outwardly, and not contact the eyeball.

The cap is worn in the conventional manner and being able to be reversedcan be used to cover either the right or left eye.

Thus a cap has been provided that will accomplish the objects of theinvention, and it is believed that the construction and use of theinvention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

It is also to be understood that changes in the minor details ofconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts may be resorted to,provided they fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope ofthe appended claim.

Having thu described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described comprising a head covering for achilds head which in head engaging position has a rear edge extendingalong the nape of the neck and a front edge following the hair line onthe forehead and extending downwardly along the jaw of the childs faceto the opposite ends of said rear edge, an eye covering patch securedalong one edge thereof to a portion of the front edge of the headcovering extending from one of the rear ends to a point beyond thecentral portion of said front edge, the opposite edge of said patchextending over one eye and divided into two concave shaped edge portionswhich converge at a central point adjacent the nose of the childs faceto permit full view of the eye not covered by the patch and full use ofthe childs mouth, and means connected to the rear ends of the rear edgeof the head covering and the central point of the two concave shapededge portions of said patch for retaining said head covering and patchin place on the childs head.

ALICE F. LANDRY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 591,244 Wylie Oct. 5. 18971,251,657 Hart Jan. 1, 1918 1,291,846 Greenfield Jan. 21, 1919 1,485,392Halek Mar. 4, 1924 2,007,353 Tarantous July 9, 1935 2,022,850 Fuqua Dec.3. 1935

